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Panel Urges FDA to Withdraw Bevacizumab Approval in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Panel Urges FDA to Withdraw Bevacizumab Approval in Metastatic Breast Cancer
E Mechcatie
20100621
2010 Jul 21
Elsevier Global Medical News
Panel Urges FDA to Withdraw Bevacizumab Approval in Metastatic Breast Cancer
Elsevier Global Medical News. 2010 Jul 21, E Mechcatie
GAITHERSBURG, Md. (EGMN) - In a near-unanimous vote, a Food and Drug Administration advisory panel recommended that the approval of bevacizumab as a first-line treatment for patients with metastatic breast cancer be withdrawn because follow-up studies failed to confirm progression-free survival benefits in this population.The FDA had granted an "accelerated" approval to bevacizumab (Avastin) in combination with paclitaxel (Taxol) in February 2008 for the treatment of patients who have not received...